PhD Rural Studies Student Wins United Nations' Global Climate Change Award

Congratulations to Paola Vasquez, a PhD Rural Studies student who took part in a project that is receiving the United Nations' Moment for Change Climate Award (1 of 16 globally) to be awarded in Paris, France. The Momentum for Change initiative is spearheaded by the UN Climate Change secretariat to shine a light on some of the most innovative, scalable and replicable examples of what people are doing to address climate change.

Paola's project titled "Fostering Cleaner Production | Colombia" can be found at the link here.

Photo courtesy of UNFCCC

As Paola said to her Advisor, Prof. Al Lauzon, that she is " Happy to know all this was possible by applying my PhD framework...my PhD is paying off !!"

See At Guelph news article here.